Rohde & Schwarz introduces 6GHz lab oscilloscope

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A 6GHz bandwidth model has been added to Rohde & Schwarz’s RTO2000 series, which features instruments suitable for demanding measurement tasks such as power integrity, fast communications interfaces and IoT applications.

The 12.1In touchscreen model allows developers to test the radio interfaces of 802.11ac WLAN components for IoT modules in the 5GHz band as well as fast communications interfaces such as USB 3.1 Gen 1 with data rates of 5Gbit/s.

With its multi-domain functionality, only a single compact instrument is claimed to be needed to analyse power supplies, processors and sensors. Synchronised time, frequency, protocol and logic analyses results allow users to debug at the system level.

Up to 16bit vertical resolution in high definition mode is said to enable developers to detect small signal details. According to the company, the RTO2000 is the first to offer one million waveforms per second, allowing fast identification of even the most sporadic signal faults.

The integrated spectrum analysis and spectrogram display make it possible to observe the signal path in the frequency domain as well as over time.

The zone trigger for the time and frequency domain allows developers to isolate events graphically in the time and frequency domain, in order to separate read and write messages from memory interfaces.

The oscilloscope features a 2Gsample memory, so users can analyse long pulse and protocol sequences. They can also use the history function to retrieve previously acquired waveforms.

The app cockpit provides direct access to all available applications, such as trigger and decoding functions, conformance and signal integrity tests, I/Q analysis and even customer-specific development tools.